Sunday, June 23, 2013

BIG NEWS: The Unga tax is dead!

We did it! The
National Treasury of Kenya has removed the 16% tax hike on Unga, milk
and flour from the VAT bill!

From community forums to commuter trains, football
terraces to facebook pages, and on radio and TV, Kenyans for Tax Justice were
joined by thousands of people in Kenya and around the world showing the power
of organising. We
helped change a bill that would have crippled already struggling
households.

You helped to change the rules!

Patrick Kamotho, an organiser
with Bunge la Mwananchi, part of the Kenyans for Tax Justice campaign, said
today “I joined this campaign for tax justice because the Unga tax bill was
another way the poor were going to be forced to carry the country on their
backs. Already so many households in
places like Muthurwa can’t put food on the table. Thousands said no to Unga tax
and showed the power of the people!”

This is only the beginning. We must keep a
close eye on the government to make sure they don’t retract this commitment,
and we must keep working to make sure that Kenya doesn’t become a tax haven.
But today is a good day.

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with your friends and family. The more visible this progress, the better.